Android Watch - phone - The Perfect Wearable Device?

For many of us, the perfect wearable device should be one that fits in nicely and has a number of useful features. True, the Google Glass is one of the best wearable devices ever produced. The Google Glass is useful and you can wear it like a spectacle and do quite a number of cool things with it.

But is the Android smart watch far behind? Is the Android watch-phone the perfect wearable device? To answer his question fairly, one would have to consider the question, what all qualities should a perfect wearable device have?

The basics

Any device in the modern age, first of all, has to have all that’s possible and then some. What this means is, that any device should have what people expect from it and then some special features too. What would you expect from an Android watch-phone? The capability to run some Google Play Store Apps, since it Android. To perform the function of a ‘phone’, since it is called a watch-phone. Obviously, to have quality hardware and good looking. The Android watch-phone fulfils its basic expectations admirably. It has Android version 2.2. It has a talk-time of five hours, which makes it a practical phone and not just a phone for the sake of the name of the device. It also has a standby time of five days. It looks very presentable – two volume buttons on the left and a Menu and Power button on the other side, leaving the top surface smooth and sleek.

The extras

Next, the device should have a few add-on that are not its basic features. The Android watch-phone has all the features you could possible think of – camera (2.0 MP), mp 3 audio recorder, mp4 video player, Bluetooth capabilities, built-in speaker and mike, expandable memory of up to 16 GB, internal GPS antenna that supports satellite navigation, a Wi-Fi Web Browser, rooted Super User Privileges and G-sensor. Thus the Android watch-phone incorporates every feature you could desire from a mini portable wearable device.

Competition

Finally, the perfect wearable device should hold its own against its competitors. The device does this handsomely. Most devices we have seen in the past, those that profess to be watch-cum-phone, do not actually fulfill the expectations that arise from their name. The Sony ‘Live-view’ device for example, is just a Bluetooth accessory. The 6th Generation IPod Nano can be worn as a watch, but what lets it down are its limitations – you are not allowed to upload your own watch-faces, and there is no wireless capability, which makes it impossible to tell the correct time except when it is connected to a PC running iTunes.

No wonder, the Android watch-phone can be called the perfect wearable device. Google Glass is undoubtedly a great wearable device but does not have the variety an Android smart watch offers.

Adeel is Cell Phone Watch lover based in China and is currently working for Chinavasion: the first online china electronics shop based in China that ships China Gadgets worldwide.

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